David Michie draws on ancient Buddhist wisdom, supported by contemporary science, to provide fascinating insights into animal consciousness.

He proposes that pets with whom we share our lives are not there by accident. Weather your animal companion has fur, feathers or fins, he offers a treasury of practical tools to enhance your relationship with them in everyday life, as well as during times of challenge.

Written with humour and compassion, and including extraordinary true stories from around the world, Buddhism for Pet Lovers reveals how our animal companions may indeed be among our most precious partners.

For in helping them , our own lives are incomparably enriched too.

218 pages

Starving and pitiful, a mud smeared kitten is rescued from the slums of New Delhi and transported to a life she could never have imagined. In a beautiful sanctuary overlooking the snow capped Himalayas, she begins her new life as The Dalai Lama's Cat.

Warmhearted, irreverent and wise, this cat of many names, opens a window to the inner sanctum of life in Dharamsala.  A tiny spy observing the constant flow of private meetings between His Holiness and everyone from Hollywood Celebrities to philanthropists to self-help authors, the Dalai Lama's Cat provides us with insight on how to find hapiness and meaning in a busy, materialistic world. Her story will put a smile on the face of everyone who has been blessed by the kneading paws and bountiful purring of a cat.

217 pages

Whilst many accounts of the Buddha's life mix legend and history, this compelling new biography discriminates between fact and fiction to reveal Guatama, the remarkable human being behind the myth, and sheds new light on his teachings.

Plunging us into the noises, smells and jostling streets of Guatama's world, Vishvapani  Bloomfield brings the Buddha to life as a passionate and determined individual -  a striking modern figure who rejected contemporary beliefs and found his own answers by mastering his mind.

Even after He gained enlightenment and became the Buddha, Guatama experienced struggles as well as triumphs as he trod India's dusty paths..

He sought to establish a community of practitioners amid his society's divided culture and perilous politics, and how the ideas that became the Buddhist teachings grew from Gautama's efforts to address the needs and beliefs of his listeners.

Drawing on years of meticilious research into original sources, Guatama Buddha takes us to within touching distance of one of history's greatest figures.

388 pages

Written by Sakyapa Sonam Gyaltsen (translated by McComas Taylor and Lama Choedak Yuthok.

 

Written by Yogi Brahmasamhara with a Foreword by Dr Margaret Gottlieb. (244 pages)

In Meditation for Motherhood Yogi Brahmasamhara presents step by step guidance on authentic, Zen meditation, the most powerful, natural and deeply beneficial practice available to a woman during the phases of creating and nurturing her baby.

With over 40 gentle and tailored exercises you will practise the ancient arts of:

~developing the patience to listen to yourself and your baby.~
~letting go of tension, worry and apprehension,~
~damping down the mind babble~.
~mindfulness, by deeply focusing on "just this"~
~embracing your inner wisdom when confronted by difficulties.~

Above all, you will acquire the ability to take those skills with you wherever you go.

This vivid and moving autobiographical portrait is the first work to be dedicated to the Dali Lama's spiritual journey.
Personal in tone, but universal in scope, it presents the arc of his spiritual vision from his boyhood in rural Tibet, through his life as a monk in India, to his exile as one of the world's most visible leaders.

Hi Holiness's unique spiritual formation and the unusual course of his life mean that his opinions on religion and politics are listened to with respect and admiration.
Here he gives views on topics as diverse as the environment, his successor and religious militancy.   At the same time, his tought-provoking spiritual insights provide and inspiring example, encouraging us to combine love and compassion in all that we do.

'My dear friend His Holiness the Dali Lama is not simply a holy man.  He is recognized throughout the world as one of our few true moral authorities.  In his new book, My spiritual Autobiography, he shares lessons learned from a remarkable life, in turn showing us how to live our own lives with compassion, non-violence and love'
(above quote by ~ Fellow Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,  Desmond Tutu)

Filled with detailed information on Shiva. Who is He - what is He all about?

In this book you will find out many things even some Hindus don't know, such is the depth that this work delves into.

Shiva the householder, Shiva as Nataraja, Shiva as husband and father. Diagrams and drawings on most pages.

221 page of information

In this rare, personal investigation, His Holiness the Dalai Lama discusses his vision of science and faith working hand in hand to alleviate human suffering.

Drawing on a lifetime of scientific study and religious practice, he explores the great debates and makes astonishing connections between seemingly disparate topics - such as evolution and karma - that will change the way we look at the world.

Throughout these wide ranging discussions, the Dalai Lama shows himself once again to be a superb scholar of Buddhist philosophy with a strong penchant for practicality ... one of the most fascinating religious figures of our time.

Geshe Tenzin Zopa holds a doctorate in Buddhist Philosophy from Sera Jey Monastic University in South India and is a master in Tibetan Buddhist rituals.

He is currently the Resident Teacher at Losang Dragpa Buddhist Society, Malaysia and is also the Director of the Tsum Vally Project (Himalayan Region), which provides Buddhist study and practice facilities and accommodation for the community in the Valley.

Geshed Tenzin Zopa has a contemporary style of teaching which he combines with ancient wisdom derived from his years of philosophical studies and debate.

He is the face of a dynamic and socially engaged Buddhism in the 21st century.

The female Buddhist Deity Tara is an object of devotional worshipand medatitive practice for Tibetan Buddhists everywhere.
She clears away fears, overpowers negative emotions, and enables all beings to reach enlightenment. She has a special resonance as a source of female spiritual wisdom.
Tibetans of all schools and traditions recite the verses on which this commentary is based.
Focused comtemplative meditation in relation to the myraid aspects of Tara work to transform the practitioner's mind into those enlightened qualities and mind states that Tara represents.

242 pages / paperback